The Dillon tribune., 1887-09-02

n. NJ.
served thc United Estates navy. Tia: ycari i,n
"Hsa!ionte'l II lrisa,iicr gen raj OF The army
and sent on duty I ohito",l state lEr recruited
thousands Of Union volunteer. \, s;hilo,
Io commanded u division, rr.:I.;.liA.; with
Bueli'S army up to Drays's invasion of Ken
lucky. After the bat;!c of Richmond j." wa>
sent 10 !op'. a.tc: the ,lcic::.ias of Louisville.
FOR that city expected II visi, t;o,! !iIirn,
"l!cn ki"l'E Emith was advancing, ~, fouls.
VILE
With great yi;or Nelson set aho,,, iar,iry-
in, the k"llt'!c!;y metropolis. bit his vav ,r"a
different from that rrsortcd toby Lew Wal
lace. Wallace issued n p,'oc',i,,ti,n calling
ON the citizens of Cincinnati tu &l il, 'A,ow-
In% up the r"rthWor!ss. and wealthy aiii prom
inent citizens responded I" the cell n:.I dug
with their own hands Nc;sr.l on t,. he,
hand, gave out the following m.,cr:
"uarin:, been called Oh for .O") lahuycls. it
Is ordered 'har tho citizens OF l.i"i,vi'in am,
Jefferson county report to Cul. Henry Dent
tho n"ll'cr of slaves each will furnish: and
they will deliver them into tn" Gust, " of COL
Dent to y" used in he c,cc ion of fur,ilica-
tions. Col. Dent is ordered to impress !. sulli.
cicnt number Of lahorcrs to erect the works OF
defense"
Wherever negroes wrl. found at large in
the streets they were seized and set to work.
and there was wild sculryn, to ami fro OF
dusky forms. and hiding away ns soon rs the
order beron" known. Thus the fortiii,a, ions
at CovinSton were built voluntarily by citi-
zens Of Cincinnati and vicinity Th,s, Of
Louisville were mad" by the forced labor Of
negro slaves
Gen. Nelson wa, a brave and abl, soldier
but u" had y temper which WAS Il terror tO
llsi r.,,.. Il t. To- Ii.
soldiers knew this we'll. ami sometimes n,atlo
it serve their amusement. Our cvcnm. an
innocent looking, civilian came into his .ump
inQuirilss for tue Quarterulas;cr The "hoys."
~entn@ som" iu:'. directed him To ,h" s,:,.
erals tent, where N"E,,r had already retired
for the night
"lie'li say he's 10; the quartr:n,aS.rr. g.
planned the boys. but don't you believe him,
Tell him Nou know tettcr, and yo,, want
none Of his lNinc,.'
The lamb went into til" lions jaws. \ row
"f heads WA, ,!urkul out of the tents all aluu..
LII" liHn ~ the regiment The soldiers were.
aW"N'''!, h' h"noucmcat. Tho \cr,lau. nois
'iy aroused the alleged 1uartcr,,as,rr There
was roar from the lion within Tho lion
demanded what WAS tho matter.
Il want the u,,artrrnastcr," said III, vc:-
dlnt. "Ain'l vo,, the ,,,,arteru,astcrr
There was an explosion.
I'm not tho ,l,,ar,ern,as,cr," r,,arci Nell
son. What d." YOU come h, ~ disturbing me
forf'
The rivi..n showed his courage. Com.
now, mono i" that" said hr. "Tlrv told mo
you'd deny It. hut III have none " your
blasted f.olisl,ncs>"
The general slranS out III lc,i and s,.at. he'd
his sword. "Conh' here" h. exclaimed.
At that moment it was horne in on tin.
civilians n''nd that tle," was :, mistake. Ho
turned about with jump, and made for tn.
outside world as fast rs his heels would carry
him, Cen Nelson after. \ shout Of laughter
from Il thousand throats greeted the civilian
as he appeared. huslesl in the twinklng If an
eye when it was known that tho general too
was there.
Heads wcrr .iucke~i inside tho tents with
lightning rapdity, and all WAS silent as the
grave u! = moment. A solitary captain sat
outside his tent. 'ielnurely enjoying III. cool
OF the evening.
"Who sent that fellow to u.el' demanded
Nelson.
don't know replied the captain.
den. Nelson was killed at thu Gait house,
Louisville. His manner had cnraScl len.
Davis beyond all self control. Nelson. who
vas very large AMI powerful man. had
slapped Davis in the face. He Is buried ut
Cav" Hill cemetery. Louisville His pail
hearers wer" generals from, Buells army and
soldier friends His body lay in state awhile,
and his own division attended the funeral in
procession.
At Louisville Buell. rcorsanized his scat
tcred army. Thousands "f new recruits
came and they were assigned to tho thinncI
Oh regiments. AMI thcS" were filled. Wl.ch
ready 10 in"r" ono" more against Bragg.
iiucl! hai an army Of loo.OiV men II was
divided into thr'" CORPS. cnmu,a,r!cd r,~pc,.-
lively hv Maj Gems \. MrD. y l'nk.
Thomas !. trit'emicn and Brig. Grn Charles
I. Gilbert. Cen Gilbert was Il West Point